Garment hanger rod



July 3, 1 951 H. E. DAVIS GARMENT HANGER ROD Filed Sept. 5, 1947 m US Patented July 3, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE GARMENT HANGER ROD Hollis E. Davis, Abilene, Tex.

Application September 5, 1947, Serial No. 772,437

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a garment hanger support.

An object of this invention is to provide a support adapted to be detachably mounted inside the body of a motor vehicle for supporting garment hangers or the like, the support being constructed in the form of an extensible rod which is formed at the opposite ends thereof with downturned supporting feet adapted to engage a ledge formed by the upper portion of the window frame of a vehicle.

Another object of this invention is to provide a support of this kind which when in applied position will be out of the way and will not interfere with the normal use of the space within the vehicle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a support of this kind which is of simple construction and can be applied or removed without the use of tools.

To the foregoing objects, and others which may hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary transverse section of the upper portion of a vehicle having a garment hanger support mounted therein, constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a modified form of this invention.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of the modification shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 66 of Figure 4. 1

Referring to the drawing, the numeral [0 designates generally the body of a vehicle which is formed with a top H and window frames l2 and I 3 disposed at the sides It and I5, respectively. The window frames l2 and I3 include ledges l6 and I! which as will be hereinafter described are engaged by the outer ends or feet of the supporting bar which constitutes a garment hanger support.

An elongated bar generally designated as l8 is disposed within the body of the vehicle, extending horizontally and transversely of the vehicle adjacent the inner side of the top thereof. The supporting bar l8 includes aligned rods or bars l9 and 20 which are coupled together for endwise adjustment by means of a threaded coupling member 2| in the form of a turnbuckle or the like. The outer end of the rod or bar I9 is bent downwardly and formed with a pair of downwardly divergent supporting feet 22. The outer end of the bar or rod 20 is also bent downwardly and slant so as to form a pair of down wardly divergent feet 23.

The feet 22 and 23 are adapted to bear on the inner edges of the ledges l6 and I! so that when the adjustable intermediate member 2| is adjusted to extend the rods or bars l9 and 20 therefrom, the feet 22 and 23 will bear tightly against the inner side of the side members l4 and 15 as shown in Figure 1.

Referring now to Figures 4, 5 and 6, there is disclosed a modified form of this invention wherein the outer ends 24 of the two extensible rods or bars are bent downwardly as indicated at 25 and then flattened and formed into an undulating head 26. A pair of downwardly divergent feet 21 are each formed with undulated annular upper ends 28 through which a clamping bolt 29 engages. In this manner the feet 21 can be adjusted relative to each other so that the horizontal supporting bar may be disposed at the desired height or distance relative to the inner top of the vehicle.

With a supporting bar as hereinbefore described the bar may be mounted within the body of the vehicle and left in its mounted position so that it can be used to receive garment hangers or the like for supporting such hangers in dependent relation. This device can be mounted within the vehicle without the use of any tools and can be applied to conventional vehicles.

What is claimed is:

A garment hanger supporting rod for mounting within the body of a vehicle having a window at each side thereof, said rod comprising a pair of aligned bars having threaded inner ends, a tubular bar threaded onto said pair of bars for adjustably securing said bars endwise, down turned flattened tapered outer ends formed on said pair of bars, a radially ribbed plate fixedly .carried by the flattened portion of each of said downturned ends, a pair of supporting feet at each of said outer ends, radially ribbed plates carried by said feet, and a bolt extending through the ribbed plates of each pair of feet and the REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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